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October
2001 Index
The news archive can be
found below.
England
Qualify for the World Cup Finals !
See October 2001 Newss
October 2001 Headlines
...
Also...
I've been very
impressed by Elgin City - Ian
Gilzean's
team. They have given a page to Briggsy, their mascot !
See Elgin City F.C. -
Briggsy
Leeds
United favourite John Charles has received his CBE -
see The Beautiful Game -
John Charles
Following the
20th anniversary of his death, Liverpool have a tribute
to Bill Shankly worth a visit at Shankly - Gone But Never
Forgotten
Another
site worth a visit at present is uefa.com - Magazine which has articles
on Sir Alex Ferguson and Celtic in Europe.
Christies held a sale of football
memorabilia 27 September 2001. It raised 231,057 pounds
for the various sellers. 1966 players' memorabila
continues to be highly valued as are any pre-2nd War
artifacts ... and David Beckham's boots. The most
valuable single item was the 1899 FA Cup Winners medal of
George Hedley, Sheffield United made in 15ct Gold, which
raised nearly 10,000 pounds
This site's
favourite item sold for 'just' 446 pounds 50p and was
described as:
'A limited edition sterling silver Esso, 1970 England
World Cup Coin Collection, produced by The Franklin
Mint, in blue presentation folder; and an Esso
F.A.Cup Centenary coin collection.' Wow ! If anyone
has a spare one in the attic do feel free to send it
to me... (See LotFinderŽ)
For a mere 650
pounds you could have bought :
'An intinerary booklet for the International Tour to
Colombia and Ecuador, May 1970 and for the World Cup
Tournament, Mexico 1970, the back page bearing numerous
autographs, including Bobby Moore, Alf Ramsey, Geoff
Hurst, Gordon Banks, Alan Ball, Harold Shepherdson, David
Sadler, Norman Hunter etc, the backcover autographed by
Bobby Charlton ...'(See LotFinderŽ)
Received
this email ... Sir Bobby Charlton is supporting VSO
by taking part in a charity global, internet auction.
The auction is being sponsored by Chivas Regal and
will be going live on Ebay on 6th September 2001
until 31st October 2001. The highest bidder will get
the opportunity to go to a Man Utd match with Sir
Bobby and watch it from the Director's box. You
can find more information about the auction and the
charities taking part by going to www.chivas.com.
To bid go to eBay item 1281797953
(Ends 14-Oct-01 165207 BST ) - See Man.U. with Sir
Bobby Charlton
Very
best wishes, Mary Joyce VSO Fundraising co-ordinator
News Archive
For previous news pages
see the following :
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